As it turns out Ubuntu *did* used to link perf statically:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/783660
So I really don't understand the objection here.
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I too would very much like to see this fixed. As it stands `perf report`
is unusable on large binaries on Ubuntu.
Seth, I think Jay's arguments are compelling. Do you agree? If I
prepared a patch, would that be helpful?
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